Jogging-machine



S. E. KATELY AND H. C. ALGER.

JOGGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man AuG.s0. 1919.

1,396,436, Patented Nov. s, 1921.

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S. E. KATELY AND H. C. ALGER.

JOGGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man Ammo, 1919.

Patented Nov. 8, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sAiuuEI. n xA'rELY Nn HARLEY c. Arena, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, iissIfGiRs'ro n. n. DONNELLEY at soNs COMPANY, A CoBPonATIoN or ILLINOIS.

J'OGGING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented No1/.8, 1921:.

Application ined August so, 1919. serial No. 320,807.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL E. vKa'rnnr andHARLEY C. ALGER, ,citizens of the United States, residing at 5338Kimbark Ave. and 5618 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, respectively,v in thecounty of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Jogging-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates toy jogging machines and is particularly adaptedto jog vinserts in signatures or the like.

In the making up of books and catalogues it is customary to bindtogether a series of sections which are called signatures. It isfrequently necessary to insert an extra sheet such as an illustration ora color plate at a definite point in one of these signatures. Heretoforeit has been customary to open the signature at the desired point, insertthe extra sheet, and pile the signatures with the inserts one uponanother. When a convenient sized pile is formed for proper handling, itis picked up by hand and jogged first upon one side and then upon thetop so as to force all the inserted pages evenly into signatures.A AOurjogging machine is designed to perform this operation which previouslyhad been done by hand.

ur invention is fully described in the following specifica-tion andshown in the drawings in which, j Y

Figure 1 is a plan view 0f our jogging machine. together Vwith a meansfor driving it; y

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a detail of a driving mechanism;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the lower section of a baseshowing the guide; j

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing thesignatures in jogged position;

Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation of the jogging box with a movableside removed;

And Fig. 7 is aperspe'ctive of a signature with a page inserted but notj ogged. v

We have illustrated as an embodiment of our invention a jogging boxhaving upper and lower base members 10 and 11 respectively secured to atable 12. Vertical sides 13 and 14 and a vertical end 15 are secured tothe base 10 by means of screws and wing nuts 16 which are adjustable inslot 17 of the bracket 18. The bottom of the box 19 isrelieved at 20 fora purpose which will later be explained. Space is left between the sidepieces 13 and 14 and ahole `10.i's correspondingly placed in the base 10for the insertion of the hand ofthe operator for convenience in removingthe jogged signatures.

The lower section 11 of they base is diagonally grooved at 11.toraccor'nmodate a tongue 21 which is slidably fitted therein. The lowersection is also slotted .at 11b and a guide 22 attached to the slide 21is adapted to slide therein. The purpose of the groove and slot 11a and11b coperating with the slide 21 and the guide 22 is to cause the partsto move in the desired direction withf out binding. The guide 22 carriesmovable sides 23 and 24, which together with the side members 13 and 14and the end 15 form the sides of a rectangle.

A corner brace 25 `connects' the movable sides 23 and 24 and haspivotally mounted therein one end of a rod 26, the other end of which ispivotally mounted in a block 27 which is slidable longitudinally of areciprocating rod 28. The block 27 is mounted between compressionsprings 29 which are retained by collars 30 on the reciprocating rod 28.This rod is mounted in bearings 31 which are attached to the table 12and is caused to reciprocate by the connecting rod 32 and the eccentric33 which is mounted on a shaft 34. This shaft may be driven in anysuitable manner as by means of a motor 35 through a worm wheel 36 on theshaft 34.

The jogging "boxes are preferably arranged on a long table so that asingle reciprocating rod 28 may be used to operate a number of boxes.The shaft 34 may also be extended in either direction so that a numberof such reciprocating rods may be driven from a single shaft.

In Fig. 7 is shown a signature 37 made by folding twice on lines atright angles to each other, thereby producing four leaves of thefinished book which arev designated (l, b, c and d. An insert 38 havingthe upper left hand corner 38xi cut off as shown is being insertedbetween sheets a. and b preparatory to being 'ogged.

The operation o the jogging machine is as follows:

The motor is started thereby causing the reciprocating rod 28 and themovable'sides of the jogging boxes to reciprocate as indicated in dottedlines in Figs. l and 2. Signatures 37 with inserts 3S placed therein asshown in Fig. 7 are dropped one at a time into thejogging box. Themovable sides 23 and 24 of the box which are constantly moving back andforth cause the insert to be forced snugly into the corners of thesignature. The movable sides are cut back at 23a so as to apply amoreeven pressure on the sides of the insert.

When folded signatures are piled up they tend to build up faster on thefolded side, due `to` the fact that the sheets are not as close togetheras they are at the free ends. To overcome this difficulty we havev cutback the bottom of the box at 2O so as to allow thesignatures to foldover. As they build up they will tend to straighten out so that the topsignatures will remain substantially flat. 1t `will also be noticed thatin Fig. 6 the upper sideof' the box 15 leans forward somewhat so thatthe upper signature, together with its insert .will always receiveslightly more pressure than those below which have been jogged.

4If 4the operators fingers are accidentally i caught by the movablesides the movable `side 23 than thosel below.

part of the box will stop while the` springs 29.will be compressed andno harm will be done. The same is true if any one standinv near isstruck by the movable sides.

`lSy-cutting back the corner 38a of the signature Wefind that avery muchmore satisfactory result is obtained; that the corner of the insert doesnot khave a tendency to stick and buckle land that the jogging thusobtained is much more uniform. Folding the signatures over the bottomhas fthe effect of causing the upper signatures to overhang slightly asthey build up,

' as shown in Fig.` 5, thereby giving the upper signature a heavierpressure froml the A like result is obtained on the lower edge pressedby the side-24 by tilting forward* the side -15 as previously explained.Y

VNVe prefer to place the signatures inthe box .as shown anddescribed,'fbut it will be understood that the jogging `can be done inany one of four possible positions of the signature'in the box, and thatwe are not -limitedto tlie one shown.

Some signatures `have only two leaves, the top being open. The line onwhich they are foldedis also sometimes punched by the press to insurethe bend at the proper place. v iIt isl then `of much importance to have`the corner 38a of the insert relieved to prevent its catching inthepunched marks.

The guide 22 is also made long enough so that itis never completelywithdrawn from its slot and hence forms a protection for the operatorsfingers.

l While we have shown anddescribed but appended claims.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a jogging machine for signatures and the like, a bottom, twosubstantially vertical sides forming a square, two substantiallyvertical sides forming a square and disposed oppositely to said firstsides, the four sides forming a rectang e, means for reciprocating oneof said pairs diagonally with respect to the rectangle, and a bottomrelieved at the back for causing the upper signature in the pile of likesignatures to overlap slightly the others whereby it will receive themaximum pressure.

2. 1n a jogging machine for signatures and the like, a bottom, twosubstantially vertical sides forming a square, two substantiallyvertical sides forming a square and disposedoppositely to said firstsides, the four sides'forming a rectangle, means for reciprocating oneof said pairs diagonally with respect to the rectangle, and an upperside leaning toward the opposite movable side for causing the uppersignature in the pile of like signatures to Voverlap slightly the otherswhereby it will receive the maximum pressure. i

3. In aV jogging machine for signatures and the like, `a bottom, twosubstantially vertical sides forming a square, two substantiallyvertical sides forming a square and disposed oppositely to -said firstsides, the four sides forming a rectangle, means for reciprocating oneof said pairs diagonally with respect to the rectangle, and a bottomrelieved at the back and the'upper side leaning-toward the oppositemovable side for causing. the upper signature in the pile of likesignatures to overlap slightly the others whereby it will receive themaximum pressure.

4. In ajogging machine for signatures or the like, a pair ofadjacentsides, a pair of oppositely disposed adjacent sides and meansfor causing said pairs of sides to relatively alternately vapproach andrecede from each other, and a bottom relieved at the back for causingthe uppersignaturev .in the pile of like signatures to overlap slightlythe others whereby it willreceive the maximum pressure. l

5. .In ay jogging machine for signatures or the like, a pair of adjacentsides, apair of oppositely disposed adjacent sides and means for causingsaid pairs of sides to relatively Y signature in the pile of likesignatures to overlap slightly the others whereby it will receive themaximum pressure.

6. The process of assembling inserts in signatures which are closed ontwo adjacent sides, consisting of relieving one corner otl the insert,and inserting the insert into the signature with the relieved corner ofthe insert toward the corner of the signature made by the closed sides.

7. The process of assembling inserts in signatures which are closed ontwo adjacent sides7 consisting of relieving one corner ot the insert,inserting the insert into the signature with the relieved corner of theinsert toward the corner of the signature made by the closed sides,placing the signature and insert with the closed sides of the signatureagainst a stop and tapping the protruding edge of the insert.

8. The process of forcing an insert into a, signature which consists inplacing the insert roughly in the signature by hand, placing thesignature and insert with the closed sides ot' the signature against astop and tapping the protruding edges of the insert.l each new signatureand insert being placed on the top of the pile.

9. The process ot' forcing an insert into a signature which consists inplacing the insert roughly in the signature by hand` placing thesignature and insert with the sides of the signature against a stop andtapping the protruding edges o the insert, each new signature and insertbeing placed on the top of the pile, until a pile of the desiredthickness is reached when it is removed.

SAMUEL E. KATELY. HARLEY C. ALGER.

